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Markham native and NHL player Steven Stamkos signs an autograph Saturday for Andrei Nummi at Mount Joy Community Centre. The Tampa Bay Lightning star was on hand for the Markham Waxers minor hockey association used equipment swap.
Laser incidents baffle York pilots
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York Regional Police Const. Greg Lubianetzky had his retina burned last year by a laser while in his police helicopter en route to a crime scene.
Over the past decade about 35 people have been charged with pointing lasers at York police’s helicopter. Despite all the public safety announcements about just how dangerous pointing lasers at aircraft can be for pilots, passengers
and the public — especially considering even temporary blindness can cause a crash — it’s happened once again. During the latest incident, a man in Vaughan See MISCHIEF, page 3.
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